A Trip to the Ilford Film Factory

By Ruth Taylor Like so many people, my first experience of photography was on a film camera and my favourite film was anything of the black and white variety, particularly …

Fun at The Photography Show 2021

This time last week we had just arrived back home after a fantastic four days at The Photography Show in Birmingham, UK. The annual event was back on after being …

The Last 10 Months

The Nuba Survival – a sculpture by John Buckley, famed for his Shark protruding from a roof top in Oxfordshire. The piece is sited in an overgrown field next to …

Cascade

I questioned the decision to get out of bed as I drove through the rain to Cronulla. Fortunately, the weather gods were kind and the day turned out just fine. …

Reflecting on 2020

2nd Lockdown and spending time revisiting old files and trying stuff I have learnt via the Mc2LiveEvents. Ruth Taylor – Mc2 Team

Milky Way & Meteor

Single frame. Editing apropos H’s tuition. Ruth Taylor – Mc2 Team

Someone to watch over me

The lighting in the barn was just right to capture this moment between lamb and mama. Ruth Taylor – Mc2 Team

F-22 Raptor

Thanks to Nick for his great Vlogs – learnt a bundle.. Ruth Taylor – Mc2 Team

No Strings….

Red one from the Chiltern Hills Ruth Taylor – Mc2 Team

Fisherman at sunrise

Took this shot at the local beach (Coalcliff, NSW), at sunrise using my 70-200mm lens. Had my shot of the sunset lines up ready to go when a fisherman walked …

Fisherman at sunset

Doing a bit of re-editing/ cropping of some old photos. The was taken a couple of years ago at Port Stephens, NSW. Living on the East coast of Australia, I …

Shokhan

I’ve been having a wander through my hard drive and finding images I’d forgotten about, including this one. It’s an image I took of a Kazakh eagle hunter, Shokhan, who …

Blustery Morning at Eishken

This was behind the Eishken Lodge on our Harris/Lewis Photography trip on a very blustery morning. Ruth Taylor – Mc2 Team

Found this one

Settings and how I have processed this one? Ruth Taylor – Mc2 Team

Playing with details

within the landscape there are details that get overlooked in the ‘big picture’ it can be very interesting to drill down and extract the detail and with a little manipulation …

Left behind (3rd try)

Lowered exposure, increased white and lowered black. Increased clarity a bit Ruth Taylor – Mc2 Team

Wait For Me

Zimbabwe 2018 This little guy was so cute. He wandered off on his own and then realised his mother was still at the waterhole. He turned round and came charging …

Gondolier Ogling

Ducking around Susanne on a Gondola whilst taking this. Struggled with sharpness. Shutter faster am guessing? Ruth Taylor – Mc2 Team

Lake Kariba Fisherman

Inspired by James’s image on the rolling banner of a fisherman we came across on Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe in 2018, I went back to look at my images from the …

Rising Tide

A favourite image from a trip to Venice in November 2019 when the city was experiencing repeated exceptionally high tides. The tide is on the way in here, and by …

Glenfinnan after the storm

Taken a few years back after a heavy rainstorm after coming down Ben Nevis. Got in the car and decided to drive to the ‘Harry Potter’ viaduct to show the …

Table for One

Venice December 2019 This image resonated with me personally… almost leaving one to wonder who would sit there each evening… watching the the animated faces within the gondolas….trying to envisage …

The Water Hole

Zimbabwe 2018 Lying on the ground amongst dried hippo dung watching a huge herd of buffalo approach a water hole was one of the highlights of the trip. With only …